स्वपति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

स्वपिति (svápiti) – Classical

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Old English swefan, Latin sōpiō, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐ́.pɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Verb

स्वपति • (svápati) (root स्वप्, class 1, type P) (Vedic)

to sleep, slumber
Synonyms: द्रायति (drāyati), निद्रायति (nidrāyati), शेते (śete)
to lie down, recline
(euphemistic) to die

Descendants

Classical Sanskrit: स्वपिति (svapiti)
Pali: supati
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀇 (suvaï), 𑀲𑀼𑀅𑀇 (suaï), 𑀲𑁄𑀯𑀇 (sovaï), 𑀲𑁄𑀅𑀇 (soaï), 𑀲𑀬𑀇 (sayaï), 𑀲𑁄𑀇 (soi)
- Helu:
  - Dhivehi: އޮންނަނީ‎ (on̊nanī)
  - Sinhalese: හොවිනවා (howinawā), හෝනවා (hōnawā)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Assamese: শো (xü)
  - Bengali: শোয়া (śōẇa)
  - Bhojpuri:
    - Devanagari: सोवल (sōval)
    - Kaithi: 𑂮𑂷𑂫𑂪 (soval)
  - Maithili:
    - Devanagari: सोवब (sōvab)
    - Kaithi: 𑂮𑂷𑂫𑂥 (sovab)
  - Oriya: ସୋଇବା (soiba), ସୁଇବା (suiba)
  - Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠔꠣ (huta)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  - Old Awadhi: सोवइ (sovai)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Braj: सौनौ (saunau)
  - Gujarati: સૂવું (sūvũ)
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: सोना (sonā)
    - Urdu: سونا‎ (sonā)
  - Punjabi: ਸੌਣਾ (sauṇā)
  - Romani: sovel

References

Monier Williams (1899), “स्वपति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1280.

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